After the birth of one or two of his children the family
moved to
Indiana
for a short period of time.Later
returning to
Wythe
County
.The family stayed in Wythe County
until after the death of Peter Hedrick Sr.
then moved on to Lee County,
Virginia.He settled in the present
area of Ben Hur.

John Hedrick
donated the land for the
Corinth
Baptist
Church
and cemetery.He became a leader in
the
Baptist
Church
and in community affairs.On 17 Feb
1873, John
& Sarah Hedrick
made a deed to the Trustees of the
Regular Missionary Baptist Church in Lee County, Virginia - giving land to the
church with the stipulation that should it permanently fail or neglect to keep
it up, the land would revert back to the lawful heirs of John & Sarah
Hedrick.He spent the remainder of
his life in
Lee
County
.

In 1861, Jeff Hedrick
enlisted in the 64th Virginia
Infantry Regiment to serve for four (4) years.He served as a private in
Co.
A of the 64th Virginia Infantry Regiment, under Captain Joshua E. Hobbs
.

According to Loulee (Stapleton) Lawson
’s memory, her grandparents, Jefferson
& Leah Hedrick
, came to
Lee
County
by covered wagon.Jefferson Hedrick
and his family lived in the Ben Hur
area.